Reynolds Chapter 7 Science Vocabulary
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bwreynolds on November 12, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 salinty | amount of disoved salt on the ocean water |
| aquifer | An underground formation that contains groundwater |
| water table | The "top" level of underground water |
| reservoir | an artificial lake where water is stored behind a dam |
| condensation | The change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| evaporation | the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas |
| precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
| sublimation | a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid |
| sleet | frozen rain |
| snow | ice crystals will fall as snow if the air between the ground and clouds has a temperature below 0 degrees Celcius, |
| freezing rain | raindrops that freeze after they hit the ground or other cold surfaces |
| hydrosphere | All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans |
| rain | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
| water cycle | the continuous cycle of the transfer of water through an ecosystem, which involves evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation |
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